San Jose - Honolulu

On July 20, 1979 at 07:30 PM, San Jose - Honolulu experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Trans National Airlines - TNA, with the event recorded near Honolulu Hawaii.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Honolulu on a ferry flight from San jose, California, the crew declared an emergency via an auxiliary emergency system that all communication and navigation systems failed. Few minutes later, the airplane crashed into the ocean off Honolulu. SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the two crew members was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N63250, MSN 17062/34329, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.3045°, -157.8557°.